I'm not going to get too saccharin-pollyanna with this post, but everyone seems to be bloggin' about the trials race coming up, and I can't help but jump off the bridge right after them.
It is nice to realize that other runners (faster ones, too) suffer the same psycho-physio-bizzaro thing that I do when in the waning stage of marathon training. People get so introspective, and their true nature comes out in online rambling. Kind of like this.
So.
The training is going great/My coach thinks I'm in the best shape ever/I'm wishing everyone out there the best
Actually,
my training is ok - I'm probably much more rested than usual before a marathon/ I am my coach, and I've probably been in better shape before, but maybe overtrained/ I hope everyone else out there does terrible so I can go to the olympics. I mean really, we can't all have the best race of our lives.
In summation - I AM excited about this race. I DO want to run very fast and place very high. Right now though, I have succumbed the taper-doldrums. Luckily the race is only a few days away, and nothing that is going on now will matter Saturday morning.
So, chapeau! to everyone running the trials race. It's taken a lot of work and self-control to get here for most of us. Be proud of that.
